Culturally sensitive bras

A friend once lamented, that of the women he has met during all his travels, Asian women are the most obsessed with maximizer bras. Regretably for most of us , our genetic makeup has made underwires, (THICK) cotton paddings and (BIG) and gel inserts a necessity.

So once not too long ago, on one of my never-ending quest to better maximizer, I chanced upon a Very Sexy® Demi multi-way bra with Gel-Curve® from one of the world's most glamourous lingerie maker, Victoria's Secret. It looks like this:

And it reads like this:

• Seductive cleavage.
• Ultra low shape hides under low-cut necklines.
• Gel-Curve® padding for lift and cleavage.
• Wear 5 ways: strapless, halter, crossback, one-strap or regular
• Swell Level 4: Padded for extreme lift• Hidden underwire :D:D:D
• Orig. $53. Clearance $19.99

Swell level of 4 with EXTREME lift. Sweet. Sounds to me that the kind of cleavages that spill out of a Victoria's Secret catalogue is no longer something that I can only gaze upon in teary admiration.

With the gel-curve padding, I get to bounce around really convincingly.

And you get to pretend to be a whole cup bigger for only $19.99. Double yayness. I dunno about you, but it sounds like a dream to me.

Sad to say, the supposed super bra fell short of my expectations when it arrived. To be honest, before I I checked the tag, I thought they had sent me something 2 sizes too big, and while the size turn out to be fine on me, the cleavage was still almost non-existent. So, unless the product clearly states that it gives you a swell level of 20 times, you can forget about looking like any of the blondies in Victoria's Secret catalogue. I blame it on cultural differences because it appears to me as if an American cup B = Asian cup B, American Cup C = Asian Cup D.

I mean how else is it logically possible for petite Jolin Tsai to own a pair of G-Cup assets, while Pamela Anderson's renowned record-breaking titties are only a double D in size?

So yes, we are obsessed with trying to look bigger because of our inherent shortcomings, but with a need comes innovation, and I daresay that we are also extremely innovative in coming up with ways to deceive men and the rest of the world with regards to our cup sizes. While VS and some other American brands have failed, some of the wonderbras Japanese and Taiwanese brands have the ability to create something phenomenal (read: you can hold a pencil in between) out of almost nothingness.

With all these god-sent garment floating around in the market at such reasonable prices, I'd say why not. After all, we have nothing to lose, it's just the men who will begin to "wonder where it all went" without the wonder bras.